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- BACKGROUND Image segmentation typically involves separating object regions of an image from background regions of the image.
- Many different approaches for segmenting an image have been proposed, including thresholding, region growing, and watershed transform based image segmentation processes.
- the segmentation results of such processes may be used for a wide variety of different applications, including object extraction for object description or recognition.
- noise reduces the accuracy with which an image segmentation process can segment objects from background regions.
- Text-like objects in digital images that are captured by camera-equipped handheld devices e.g., digital cameras, cellular telephones, and personal digital assistants
- the presence of these artifacts significantly degrades the overall appearance quality of the reproduced digital images.
- OCR optical character recognition
- the invention features a method in accordance with which gradient magnitude values at respective pixels of a given image are determined.
- the gradient magnitude values are thresholded with a global threshold to produce thresholded gradient magnitude values.
- the pixels are segmented into respective groups in accordance with a watershed transform of the thresholded magnitude values.
- a classification record is generated.
- the classification record labels as background pixels ones of the pixels segmented into one of the groups determined to be largest in size and labels as non-background pixels ones of the pixels segmented into any of the groups except the largest group.
- the invention also features an apparatus and a machine readable medium storing machine-readable instructions causing a machine to implement the method described above.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an image processing system.
- FIG. 2 is an example of an image of nonuniformly illuminated text.
- FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of an image processing method.
- FIG. 4 is an example of an image composed of gradient magnitude values derived from the image of FIG. 2 in accordance with an embodiment of the method of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5A is a diagrammatic view of an array of devised gradient magnitude values at respective pixels of an illustrative image.
- FIG. 5B is a diagrammatic view of an array of labels assigned to the pixels of the image shown in FIG. 5A in accordance with a watershed transform based image segmentation process.
- FIG. 6A is an example of an image containing text.
- FIG. 6B is a grayscale image showing different labels that were assigned to the pixels of the image of FIG. 6A in accordance with an embodiment of the segmentation process in the method shown in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 6C is an example of a classification record in the form of a binary segmentation map generated from the grayscale image of FIG. 6B in accordance with an embodiment of the classification record generation process in the method shown in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 7 is an example of a classification record in the form of a binary segmentation map in which black pixels represent object pixels detected in the image of FIG. 2 and 75 white pixels represent background pixels detected in the
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the image
- FIG. 9 is an example of an image composed of illuminant
- FIG. 10 is an example of an illumination-corrected
- FIG. 11 is an example of a sharpened image derived from
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an image processing
- 122 system 10 that includes a preprocessing module 12 and a
- 127 preprocessing module 12 processes the image 16 to produce an
- the image 16 may correspond to any type of digital
- an original image e.g., a video keyframe
- image sensor e.g., a digital video camera, a digital still
- FIG. 2 shows
- the classification record 18 may be used
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a method that is
- the preprocessing module 161 the image 16 (FIG. 3, block 24) .
- the segmentation module 14 segments the
- the preprocessing module 12 As explained above, the preprocessing module 12
- preprocessing module 12 denoises the pixel values of the
- any type of denoising filter may be used.
- the preprocessing 183 module 12 determines the gradient magnitude values directly
- the preprocessing module 12 may use any combination of
- the preprocessing module 12 may determine the
- the preprocessing module 12 may convert the
- preprocessing module 12 may convert the color image into a
- the preprocessing comprises
- the preprocessing module 12 determines
- FIG. 4 depicts an example of
- the preprocessing module 12 As explained above, the preprocessing module 12
- the preprocessing module 12 typically uses
- the range of gradient magnitude values is from 0
- the segmentation module 14 segments
- the segmentation module 14 252 may compute the watershed transform in accordance with any
- the basins are found first and the watersheds
- 255 may be found by taking a set complement whereas, in other words
- the image is partitioned completely into basins
- the segmentation module 14 computes the
- the segmentation module 14 may perform any combination of
- the measure of connectivity being used e.g., 4 -connectivity
- FIG. 5A shows a diagrammatic view of an array 34 of
- FIG. 5B shows a diagrammatic view of an
- FIG. 5B in accordance with a watershed transform based image
- the labels Bl 291 and B2 identify respective basins and the label W identifies
- FIG. 6A shows an example of an image 36 containing text
- FIG. 6B shows a grayscale
- the segmentation module 14 As explained above, the segmentation module 14
- the largest group may be identified in
- 313 largest grouped is determined by selecting the group having
- the segmentation module 14 records
- a first binary value (e.g.,
- FIG. 6C shows
- 327 represent object pixels that were detected in the image 36 328 (see FIG. 6A) and the white pixels represent background
- FIG. 7 shows an example of a graphical representation
- the classification record 18 may be
- FIG. 8 shows an embodiment 44 of the image processing
- the image enhancement is performed by the image enhancement circuit 353 module 46.
- the image enhancement is performed by the image enhancement circuit 353 module 46.
- 354 module 46 produces an enhanced image 48 by performing one or
- the image enhancement module 46 is
- the illumination correction is
- the image 16 is a grayscale image
- 374 are the grayscales values of the background pixels (x,y) .
- the illuminant values for the non- 382 background pixels may be estimated from the estimated
- FIG. 9 depicts an example of an image 50 that is
- T ⁇ L(x,y)j is a function that maps the
- the scale factor s is set to 255.
- LUT lookup table
- tone mapping function T ⁇ L(x,y)j includes at least one other
- 411 image enhancement e.g., selective darkening and selective
- the image enhancement module 46 426 illuminant threshold value, the image enhancement module 46
- FIG. 10 shows an example of an illumination-corrected
- regions e.g., text regions
- G[] represents a Gaussian smoothing filter
- g mm is the maximum gradient magnitude value
- smoothing filter e.g., an averaging filter
- FIG. 11 depicts an example of a selectively sharpened
- the modules may be any type of material. 490
- the modules may be any type of material.
- DSP signal processor
- 499 modules are performed by a respective set of multiple data
- process instructions e.g.,
- machine -readable code such as computer software
- non-volatile computer-readable memory including, for
- semiconductor memory devices such as EPROM
- 514 10 may be implemented in any one of a wide variety of
- 515 electronic devices including desktop and workstation
- video recording devices e.g., VCRs and DVRs
- 517 cable or satellite set-top boxes capable of decoding and 518 playing paid video programming, and digital camera devices.
- 527 electronic devices e.g., a mobile telephone, a cordless
- a portable memory device such as a smart card, a
- PDA personal digital assistant
- FIG. 12 shows an embodiment of a computer system 60
- processing unit 62 CPU
- system memory 64 RAM
- processing unit 62 typically includes one or more
- memory 64 typically includes a read only memory (ROM) that
- BIOS basic input/output system
- the system bus 66 may be a memory bus
- a peripheral bus or a local bus may be compatible with
- bus protocols including PCI, VESA,
- the computer system 60 also includes 550 MicroChannel, ISA, and EISA.
- the computer system 60 also includes 550 MicroChannel, ISA, and EISA.
- the computer system 60 also includes 550 MicroChannel, ISA, and EISA.
- the computer system 60 also includes 550 MicroChannel, ISA, and EISA.
- the computer system 60 also includes 550 MicroChannel, ISA, and EISA.
- the computer system 60 also includes
- a persistent storage memory 68 e.g., a hard drive
- a floppy drive a CD ROM drive, magnetic tape drives, flash
- 555 readable media disks that provide non-volatile or persistent 556 storage for data, data structures and computer-executable
- a user may interact (e.g., enter commands or data) with
- Information may be presented through a
- GUI graphical user interface
- the computer system 60 also typically
- peripheral output devices such as speakers and a
- One or more remote computers may be connected to
- NIC 568
- the system memory 64 also stores
- processing system 10 interfaces with the GUI driver 78 and
- the computer system 60 additionally includes a
- FIG. 13 shows an embodiment of a digital camera system
- 586 system 82 may be configured to capture one or both of still
- the digital camera system 82 587 images and video image frames .
- an image sensor 84 e.g., a charge coupled device
- CCD complementary metal -oxide -semiconductor
- CMOS complementary metal -oxide -semiconductor
- 595 10 may be implemented by one or more of hardware and
- the storage medium 100 may be
- 600 including a compact flash memory card and a digital video
- 602 100 may be transferred to a storage device (e.g., a hard disk drive).
- a storage device e.g., a hard disk drive
- the microprocessor 92 choreographs the operation of the
- the zooming 608 digital camera system 82.
- the zooming 608 digital camera system 82.
- microprocessor 92 is programmed with a mode of operation in
- Some embodiments use the improved segmentation
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